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Scarecrow

Candido Portinari1945

Projeto Portinari

Projeto Portinari
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Composition in green tones, red, violet, blue, earthy, ochre and white. Texture unidentified. It depicts scarecrow mounted on several pieces of wood, with background and geometrized clothes. The scarecrow faces, wearing a hat, has a face represented by geometric nose, which is in place of the on the right eye, oval and oversized mouth on the left eye, represented on the right ear. Open arms and legs each mounted on a timber having visible nails; hands, which you can see a few fingers. Geometrized clothes in green tones, violet, black, red and blue. Geometrized background in green, blue and white tones.

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  • Title: Scarecrow
  • Creator Lifespan: 1903-12-29 - 1962-12-06
  • Creator Nationality: Brazilian
  • Creator Gender: Male
  • Creator Death Place: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Creator Birth Place: Brodowski, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Date: 1945
  • Location Created: Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  • Physical Dimensions: w82 x h100cm without frame
  • Provenance: João Candido Portinari
  • Rights: João Candido Portinari
  • External Link: Projeto Portinari
  • Theme: Brazilian Culture:scarecrow
  • Technique: oil
  • Signature: Signed and dated in bottom right corner "PORTINARI 945"
  • Painter: Candido Portinari
  • Number: FCO 4101
  • Notes: Work destroyed on July 8, 1978, in a fire at the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro / MAM-RJ.
  • Catalogue Raisonné: CR-2337
Projeto Portinari

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